Kate’s adoptee podcast / books / movie / tv show suggestions:
Lion: A Long Way Home, by Saroo Brierley (She later remembered the title!) [https://www.penguin.com.au/books/lion-a-long-way-home-9780143572305]
This is Us (TV Show) [https://www.nbc.com/this-is-us]
Hannah’s adoptee podcast / books / movie / tv show suggestions:
Somewhere Between Podcast (Hosted by Maia, Aimee, Alia and Ace) [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/somewhere-between-podcast/id1507597311?i=1000504627127]
Blue Bayou, starring Justin Chon [https://www.focusfeatures.com/blue-bayou]
Forget Me Not, directed by Sun Hee Engelstoft [http://www.finalcutforreal.dk/forget-me-not]
Bling Empire, starring Kevin Kreider [https://www.netflix.com/title/81039144]
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In July 2021, we were honored to host an Adoptee-Only Guest Speaker Chat Featuring Hannah-Mei Grisley and Kate Evans! Hannah-Mei and Kate are Chinese adult adoptees and community organizers with the UK group CACH-All [https://cach.org.uk/]. This event took place on Sunday, July 25th from 2-3 PM ET / 7-8 PM BST.
CACH-All is a support group for families in (or originally from) the United Kingdom who have completed an intercountry adoption (or are in the process of doing so). Although started as a group for families of adoptees from China, it now includes children and young adults adopted from 17 countries. Hannah-Mei and Kate are both adult Chinese adoptees from the UK who are now part of the CACH-All board. We chatted with them about their experiences as Chinese adoptees in the UK, discussed how that informs their work at CACH-All, and talked more generally about how traditionally family-led organizations are transitioning to adoptee leadership.